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Article 135. Any of the following shall be

considered sufficient cause for judicial

separation of property:

(1) That the spouse of the petitioner has been

sentenced to a penalty which carries with it civil

interdiction;

(2) That the spouse of the petitioner has been

judicially declared an absentee;

(3) That loss of parental authority of the spouse

of petitioner has been decreed by the court;

(4) That the spouse of the petitioner has

abandoned the latter or failed to comply with

his or her obligations to the family as provided

for in Article 101;